Articles

Having been online since October 2009, there are now literally hundreds of pages on this website. To make it easy to find some articles which you may find helpful, following is a list of the most popular ones:

DOWN SYNDROME – IT’S TIME FOR A CLEAN SLATE, by Geralyn Spiesz & Kristen Morrison

We are focusing our attention on treatments to optimize our children’s potential and we are getting results. Modern medicine focuses its attention on earlier methods of detection so that the very birth of babies like ours can be prevented and have no interest in our results. How is that modern or forward thinking? Read more…

WHAT IS BIOMEDICINE? INTERVIEW WITH INTEGRATIVE MD, DR BRAHAM RABINOV

Dr Rabinov, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. Firstly, could you please explain in layman’s terms what ‘Biomedicine’ means?
In my opinion “Biomedicine” is not a strictly defined medical term but a general term to encourage inclusion of a focus on medical conditions from a biological perspective. These include physiological, biochemical and nutritional factors. These factors may affect all body functions including cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects of brain function…. Read More…

WHY TEACH OUR LITTLE KIDS TO READ?

Some of the families I am in contact with have kids who are immobile – if they don’t have a communication method this creates huge frustration – this program provides a conduit for interaction and the results are stunning – even in kids who are older, they can learn this way too. Read More…

GOOD FATS: OMEGA-3 AND THE HEALTH CONSUMER

by Sita Huber, our Online Nutritionist

Many of us are being exposed to a lot of information in the market place regarding Omega-3 fats. We may be told by a news article, a TV show or even a friend to eat more fish, take fish oil, flaxseed oil, ground linseed or something else new. Omega-3’s are now even added to and advertised in foods such as milk, yogurt and some cereals. Read More…

DOWN SYNDROME – THERE IS HOPE!

I can honestly say that our experience of Down syndrome has not fitted this mould in any way. I know there are plenty of people who will say we got lucky, everything we did is placebo – our successes would have happened anyway.
We have worked our guts out to help our son since he was born! But apparently we got very lucky that he has no heart defect, no thyroid problems, no mobility or vision issues. Read More…